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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLots of fake history from Trump this past week:
Daniel Dale @ddale8
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No, George Washington didnt have a personal-business desk beside his official desk. No, 38,000 Americans didnt die building the Panama Canal. No, its not true no pre-Trump president donated his salary.
Lots of fake history from Trump this past week:
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Daniel Dale @ddale8
Greenland isnt surrounded by Chinese and Russian ships. There hasnt been $19.2 trillion invested in the US under Trump. Trump hasnt settled eight wars. Bidens military aid to Ukraine wasnt worth hundreds of billions of dollars. The 2020 election wasnt rigged.
Fact check of Trumps remarks from a single meeting with Erdogan today:
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Lots of fake history from Trump this past week: (Original Post)
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riversedge
(82,441 posts)1. For the many-th time, Trump's "$19.2 trillion" figure is a lie.
For the many-th time, Trump's "$19.2 trillion" figure is a lie.
New foreign direct investment in the US - to acquire, create or expand businesses - was $232 billion in 2025. (Source: https://bea.gov/news/2026/new-foreign-direct-investment-united-states-2025.) The White House's own website claims there've been $10.6 trillion
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar
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Trump makes stuff up: "We've had probably the best year ever had by an American president. We have the greatest economy we've ever had. We have $19.2 trillion being invested in the United States. It's a world record."
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Kid Berwyn
(25,670 posts)2. He couldn't tell his ex-wife from E. Jean Carroll.
He was claiming to have never met her while looking at a photo of her and him together at a chic event.
Uh. Is that Marla?
Johonny
(26,889 posts)3. He doesnt respect us enough to tell the truth
And the American media just let's him lie. It's fucking disgusting. I'm so sick of his fat stupid lying ass.
William Seger
(12,589 posts)4. His contempt for history follows from his contempt for the truth (nt)
multigraincracker
(38,408 posts)5. He was told a million times not to
exaggerate.
GiqueCee
(5,208 posts)6. I can only shake my head...
... when I hear people say, "OVER exaggerate". Hello? Department of redundancy department, hello?